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HARNESS. No. 527,189. Patented Oct. 9, 1894.

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E. P. WILT.

HARNESS. No. 527,189.

Wilgcsscs TE STATES EDWIN F. WILT, on ELGIN,

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AssIeNoR o JOHN fRiNEcK, .IR., OF HAMP- (SHIRE, ILLINOIS. 1 1 i i HARNES srEcIFIca'rIo forming part of Letters Patent no. sense, dated October 9,1394,

Application filed April 24, 1894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E INF. WILT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Harness, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has special relation to an improved connection between the saddle skirt and trace of the usual harness; and the, primary object of the invention is to provide an arrangement which may be more quickly and easily adjusted to suit the size of the horse in connection with which the harness is used.

A further objectris to simplify the construction of these devices and so reduce the number of their parts that the arrangement may be produced at less expense than before, and not be so liable to disarrangement.

To these ends my invention consists in certain peculiar features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts that will be more fully described hereinafter and finallyembodied in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1 represents a view of a horse having my improvements applied; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the device; Fig. 3, a horizontal section; Fig. 4, a view of the device with the trace removed; Fig. 5, a perspective View of the tongue frame for assisting in the securing of the trace, showing the buckle detached; Fig. 6, a similar view of thehame-tug clip; Fig. 7, a similar view of the skirt attachment whereby the connection between the parts is attained.

The reference letter 0. indicates the saddle skirt, 1), the trace, and c the hame tug, all of which are to be constructed in the usual way, namely of stout leather straps sewed together to increase their strength and size. The skirt'a may be provided with the layer a. if so desired, and this is secured at its ends to the loops d of the securing bar d. This latter device, bar d, is constructed by preference of cast brass and securely riveted to the skirt, as shown. Formed in the bar (1 are the eyes 6, which are preferably three in number, though this may be varied at will. In one of these eyes the hook f of the hame tug clip 9 is adapted to fit, and by this means the connection is attained. The clip 9 is also s rial No. 508,864. (No model.)

side of the hame tug c and secured in place by rivets, the hook f being formed on the end of the main or body portion of the clip and projecting rearwardlywith its point up.

Pivoted in the body ofclip g and adapted to project upwardly therefrom is the trace buckle bailh, which is shaped as a rectangular loop and is of such a size that the trace may easily pass through it.

i indicates the tongue frame or loop which is formed of a rectangular metallic frame having the cross-bar t which divides it into two sections. The forward section, or the space forward of the bar 2", is adapted to pass over the bail h, and the front portion of the frame has formed integral therewith the tongue or finger 7c. The trace b is first passed under the rear bar of the frame iythBIlGB upward and over the cross bar i, through the bail h, and over the front bar of the frame '5,

the tongue or finger being allowed to enter, one of the openings bin the trace, whereby it is prevented from retracting; From this point the trace extends forward past the arms of clip and through the keeper Z of the hame tug 0, thus securing it to the hame tug in a manner as thorough as possible. .As is well known, the draft of the team is applied,primarily, to the hame tug c, and thence transmitted to the trace. It will therefore be seen that the transmission with my invention is direct and efiectual, and that the connection between I trace and. hame tug is such that no idle play is allowed, while the connection is as secure as could be desired.

When power is applied to the hame tug c, the tongue frame tmoves with the trace rearwardly, until the front bar of such frame engages with the bail h, whereupon its further movement is rendered impossible, and the connection between the trace and hame tug becomes positive.

It is well known that the purpose of attaching the trace and hame tug to the saddle skirt is to support and steady the former devices, and consequently no further description of this is necessary. Therefore it will sufiice for me to say that by means of the eyes e in the bar d, the trace and hame tug may be 1. In a harness for horses, a vertical bar secured to the saddle skirt and having a series of eyes formed therein, a hook on the hame tug adapted to connect with the eyes of the bar, a bail or loop on the hame tug, and a tongue frame fitting over the bail and having a tongue thereon, the trace being adapted to pass through the tongue frame and bail and to engage the tongue on the former, whereby the trace is connected to the hame tug and the two supported by the saddle skirt, substantially as described.

2. In a harness for horses, a vertical bar secured to the saddle skirt and having therein a series of eyes, a clip secured to the hame tug, a hook on the clip and adapted to engage with the eyes of the vertical bar, a bail pivotally connected to the clip and a removable tongue frame adapted to fit'over the bail and having a tongue or finger thereon, the

trace being adapted to pass through a portion of the tongue frame and through the bail and to engage with the tongue on the former, whereby the trace is connected to the hame tug and the two supported by the saddle skirt, substantially as described.

3. In a harness for horses, a vertical bar secured to the saddle skirt, and extending longitudinally therewith, said bar having therein a series of eyes, a hook on the hame tug and adapted to engage the eyes on the vertical bar whereby the hame tug is con nected to the skirt and supported, and means for connecting the hame tug and trace, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN F. VVILT.

Witnesses:

R. K. PLUMLEIGH, WILLIAM FAY. 

